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THE 181 SIXTH GRADE CHARACTERS
826
L3
異
I, kotonaru
differ, strange
11 strokes
IYŌ nastrange
IJŌabnormality
ISEI noheterosexual
OBI ; seal . Pictograph of person holding
grotesque mask to face, probably for ritual
dance to drive off evil spirits, or (Mizukami)
clan leader/shaman invoking deities. The mask
wearer looked different from usual, and strange.
YK1976:55; MS1995:v2:880-81; KJ1970:16-17;
OT1968:672. We suggest taking as ‘field’ 63
and as ‘together’ 484.
Mnemonic: TOGETHER AGAIN IN DIFFERENT
FIELD – HOW STRANGE
827
L1
遺
I, YUI
leave, lose, bequeath
15 strokes
IDENheredity
ISHITSUloss
YUIGONwill, testament
Bronze ; seal . Has 85 ‘road; move’, and
847 (’precious’) as phonetic with associated
sense ‘lose’. Thus ‘lose something on the
road’, ‘leave behind’. YK1976:56; KJ1970:11;
MS1995:v2:1306-7; OT1968:1012.
Mnemonic: MOVE ON AND LEAVE
SOMETHING PRECIOUS
828
L3
域
IKI
area, limits
11 strokes
RYŌIKIdomain, area
CHIIKIregion
KUIKIlimits, zone
Seal . Has either i] , variant of 畺
‘boundary’ (see 91), with 311 ‘stake’ (here
‘marker peg’), thus ‘field boundaries with marker
stakes’, or ii] 84/136 ‘enclosed area’ with
545 ‘halberd’, giving ‘defend demarcated
area with weaponry’. 64 ‘ground’ was added
later, probably to distinguish in the above
original boundary-related sense from its later
uses to represent other more abstract words.
MS1995:v1:536-7; YK1976:56-7; KJ1970:27-8;
OT1968:217. Suggest taking as entrance, and
as one/sole.
Mnemonic: LANCE IN GROUND AT SOLE
ENTRANCE – OFF-LIMIT AREA
829
L3
宇
6
U
eaves, roof,
heaven
strokes
UCHŪuniverse
DŌUhall, temple
BIUeyebrows
Bronze ; seal . Has 30 ‘roof, building’,
and (‘bent wood’, perhaps for bow) as
phonetic with associated sense usually taken as
‘cover (fully)’, giving ‘roof which covers house/
building’. Mizukami lists alternative associated
phonetic sense, i.e. ‘large and round’, thus ‘large,
round roof’. YK1976:62; KJ1970:70; MS1995:v1:
360-61. Suggest as peg.
Mnemonic: ROOF HELD UP BY PEG – THANK
HEAVEN!
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